Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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1891 C. H. S. C Volume—SOFT ANN I VERS SLOWLY, AND NOT SURELY September 10 Welcome, Sophs. 11 Bonjour. chers professours. 19 Good start. Quincy 0, Chelsea 0. 26 On the downward grade. Quincy 0. Melrose 18. 28 The intellectuals go to see Romeo and Juliet”. October I Ditto. 3 Sounds like baseball. Quincy 2. Brookline 3. 7 Deficiencies. 9 The cheer leaders are in again. 12 Aren’t we glad Columbus discovered America? 13 Cafeteria seating plan goes into ef- fect. 15 Mr. Bagley addressed upperclass- men. 17 Night game. Quincy 0. Somerville 13. 28 A pow-wow with the Chief. 29 Quincy 0. Newton 19. 31 Still worse. Quincy 0. Haverhill 34. November 7 What a headache. Quincy 0. North 6. 11 Armistice Day -Hurrah I 12 Q. H. S. thrown open to parents. 14 Signs of hope. Quincy 19. Fitch- burg 21. 17 Tale of woe—report cards. 21 Same old story. Quincy 0. Brockton 27. 24 French department sees French talk- ing picture. 25 Four and one-half days of repose well started. 30 We re in again. December . You can fill it in yourself. HEALTH BROADCASTER SPEAKS On Thursday. October fifteenth, Mr. Arthur E. Bagley of radio fame spoke to the aristocracy of Q. 11. S. (juniors and seniors) on Playing the Game for Dear Life”. Mr. Bagley’s speech consisted mainly of three pleas. First, that wc obtain as much education ns possible; second, that wc go out to make the world ns good ns possible; and third, that we very carefully choose the road upon which wc ure going to travel the great venture of life. It is interesting to note that Mr. Bagley Inter said that since he had spoken to Q. H. S. that he would rather speak di- rectly to on audience than over the ether. NOVEL OPEN HOUSE NIGHT PROVES SUCCESSFUL This year Quincy High School celebrated National Education Week with its usuul annual Open House Night. Many students gathered with their parents in the High School Auditorium to listen to the strains of the Q. H. S. orchestra for a brief inter- val of fifteen minutes. The program was then formally opened by the president of the Student Advisory Council. Ronald Vanelli, who introduced superintendent Muir and our principal, Mr. Collins, who officially welcomed the parents. Mr. Collins explained that the regulur auditorium program of one type or another such os used in the past would be taken over by the actual conducting of classes which were to be open to the parents. Then requesting that the parents remain seated until such time as they were told that everything was in readiness, Mr. Col- lins dismissed the pupils by the fumiliar. You may go to your homerooms. As soon as the ten minute session began the parents proceeded to the homerooms to watch just what we do during our first period. The period closed with the usual two bells. The fifth and sixth periods, the two most full periods, were then conducted. Each was twenty minutes long and divided into two parts; the first ten minutes devoted to recitation, and the last ten minutes the parents spent in discussion with the teach- ers. At nine o'clock classes were dismissed, students found their parents and conducted them on a personal tour through the school so that they might meet the members of the faculty. At 10 o’clock there was a dismissal bell and pupils and parents departed from an evening spent in the surroundings of edu- cation. POW.WOW TO PAY FOR FOOTBALL INJURIES On October twenty-eighth many students paid the meager sum of five cents for the privilege of holding a pow-wow with Chief Pocantico. a Sioux Indian, along with his wife and papoose. As the primary purpose of the lecture was the raising of funds to pay for foot- ball injuries, the Chief ut first spoke on the possibility of Imving a stadium. He then went on to his lecture describing and rcluting to the audience in a most interest- ing manner, the ways and customs of the North American Indians. The lecture was concluded by the spin- ning of a wedding ring” by the Chief and a great round of applause by the audience. DRIVERS BEWARE A member of the faculty who had hastily parked her car on Open House Night re- turned to it. with her across-the-corridor neighbor to find its windows covered with thick, black grease. Hoping for the best the friend opened the door only to fend her glove covered with the disagreeable sub- stance. The explanation was found on a note bearing the words Don't pork in drive- ways” which for the first time the faculty member realized she had done. From the occupant of a car behind who j had been waiting for three-quarters of an hour to enter his garage came the retort. I hot’ll learn yal” Having found the cul- prit. words flew fast and furiously, and ended with the greaser” whizzing to the police station for revenge and the culprit's creeping home to scrape off the mess in a dark garage. She Is still mumbling That’ll learn ya!” GOLDEN ROD HOLDS REUNION On the second of June, 1936. members of the Golden Rod Staffs of the past five years guthcrcd ot a reunion held in Ships Haven. Dinner was served, after which there was an informal renewal of friendship. Sylvia Koose. editor-in-chief in 1933, was the toast- mistress. Miss Ethel Crockett, former fac- ulty advisor, and Miss Muriel Goudcy. present faculty advisor, were present. So successful was this reunion that mem- ! hers of the Golden Rod Staffs, both past

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this is a better corner and in the second place I’m staying here and there’s nothing you can do about it, so get along.” With that he turned away and commenced selling papers again. Coco rolled his big black eyes. Porky heaved a sigh of disgust, and Teege stuck his hands way down deep in his pockets. Thus the three walked on slowly down the street. Teege turned homeward that night and many nights afterward, with heavy footsteps. He never could get a real good corner again and his family needed the money. Besides he just had to get his mother that pocket-book although there would never be much money in it and therefore, not much use to his mother. But then who was to think of that? Certainly not twelve-year-old Teege. Meanwhile the Worm was getting all of Teege’s trade. But the neighborhood did not forget what he had done to Teege. Now we know why they call him the Worm,” they said. In the meantime, the Worm found no glory in what he had done. The neigh- bors would not let him forget. He was used to it, he would say. He had done it before to other newsboys and nothing had ever happened like this. Oh well, they’ll get over it, he said. But he still couldn’t explain that queer, choked-up feeling, when he saw any of the other boys, and his head just had the tendency to hang down. Finally two days before Christmas, the Worm decided he couldn’t keep the corner any longer. Meanwhile, Teege had gone to Glandestien’s to tell him he couldn’t buy the pocket-book as he had only sixty-two cents. Well, Son. seeing it’s Christmas and all. I’ll let you have it for the two dol- lars and eighty-seven cents. Teege thanked him, and with the precious package clutched in his long, thin fingers, he went on home. ou may be sure Glandestien did not lose too much money in that transaction. And so it was that as Teege went trudging up the path to his front door he spied a piece of paper tied to the door-knob which read: THE KONER IS WAITING FOR YO” THE WORM Teege s eyes lit up brighter than the solitary candle in the window. It was Christmas and the Worm had turned. Twenty-three

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HCCNICLE 1936 RY NUMBER Price—IT’S ENOUGH YOU READ IT (?) and present, wish to make it an annual Golden Rod Celebrates 45th Anniversary occurrence. FRENCH TALKIE SHOWN People, other than those in the know, who walked into the auditorium during either the first or second period of Novem- ber twenty-fourth might have thought that they were in the Fine Arts Theatre instead of Quincy High School. Why? for the simple reason that during that time the nine reel French talking picture, Suns Famille was being run off. The picture Sans Famille” was brought to the school through the courtesy of the French Department which felt that the film would be quite an experience in the edu- cation of those scholurs busily und studi- ously spending their time in attempting to conquer la langue de Maliere. Through the kindness of its leaden the whole French Department saw the picture whether they did or did not pay the small sum of five cents. Sans Famille was very worthwhile and successful, so successful that we hope that perhaps other language departments may continue the plan. North sent up on invitation to see Sans Famille” at ten cents per on the twenty- fifth of November. Imagine their surprise when they found we were having it on the twenty-fourth at five cents, if you felt in the mood to pay. FLOODLIGHTS FOOTBALL For the first time in the history of foot- ball at Quincy High our gridsters travelled to Somerville. Friday. October 17, to play under floodlights. The kickoff was at 8; 15 and the Quincy stunds were filled long be- fore that time. Probably more tickets were sold here for that game than for all the games played previously. Conditions were perfect. It was n worm windless night and the floodlights overhead illuminated the ploying field so well that the game was as easy to watch as in the daytime. The crowd followed Dan Cingoluni's long punts and short passes with ease. Cingolani's punting and great all around play by Lou Volpe, Fausto Pnluzzi and Joe Banuk kept the game scoreless for three quarters. 1 lien, in the Inst quarter, they cracked under a heavier, more experienced Somerville eleven and lost 13-0. However, the Quincy rooters went home satisfied that they had watched a good game ond had seen some good football. CELEBRITIES SPEAK During the post five years the Golden Rod has presented no less than twenty- seven interviews with different celebrities. A fine band” (meaning the Q. H. S. band) asserted F'rnnko Goldman: Sixteen by the billboard came the snappy reply from Mitzi Green; I don’t know what appeal he is supposed to make” replied Cyrus Dallin concerning the Pony . Such have been the answers to questions of the Golden Rod’s well-meaning interviewers. Yes. the replies are interesting but most interesting is the state thot the interviewed happened to be in. George Raft answered all questions while in lavender running pants; Helen Jacobs appeared in a chic blue and white pajama ensemble: Bing Crosby (who. by the way. was interviewed twice) stood wuiting for a cab. attired in a brown suit, n polo coat and cap with his shirt open at the neck: and Fabien Sevitsky. just before being interviewed, had deposited his cane and raccoon coat with his secre- tary. Among others interviewed were Ben Bcmic, Bradford Ropes (a case of local boy makes good). Jack Pearl. Bums and Allen. Richard Halliburton. Paul Whiteman, the Martin Johnsons, Anna May Wong. Conrad Nagel, and the members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. The Golden Rod has devoted at least two pages an issue to be used in bringing the personality, appearance and character- istics of different celebrities to the students of Quincy High. The number of inter- views in cadi issue has. for the most part, been two or three. However, the J'35 issue broke all records by giving to its public interviews with no less than eight celeb- rities. Great Improvement Shown from 1891 to 1936 Back in September of 1891 the first issue of the Golden Rod appeared. In its first stages the Golden Rod was a monthly publication consisting of ten small pages and a glossy, colored cover which bore a facsimile of the solidngo, the title Golden Rod. and the word encouragement. Early Golden Rod staffs consisted of eight editors, whose main task was to sup- ply the magazine with written material (for there were few contributions from students), ond two business managers who tried to make the magazine a success financially. The material in the early Golden Rods is such os one would expect. The first few pages were devoted to general news usually delivered to the readers in the form of editorials by the two general editors. Following this were the Personals, brief se- lections of information concerning teachers, pupils and alumni. Then came the Locals which was the same us our humor section today. It gave brief accounts of humorous bits and sayings that took pluce in the school. If you think your jokes, wisecracks and puns of today are modem wc suggest you take u look at these Locals. The mag- azine finished with exchange material. How- ever, this order was broken up by the in- sertion of much poetry (more than we would ever think of having today), and on certain occasions one or two short stories. Rapidly through the ages, or more cor- rectly years, the Golden Rod had made great progress in developing from its first days into the large semi-annual magazine it is today in its forty-fifth year.